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Apps that track personal health information can be really convenient. But they may be a big privacy risk. App makers aren't controlled by federal health privacy laws, so what they do with sensitive information is up to them.

Tell Me More editor Ammad Omar and host Michel Martin comb through listener feedback on Martin's commentary about courage, and the program's recent coverage of a teen's critical tweet about the Kansas governor. Listeners took issue with a contributor's remark on the 'Occupy' movement. There are also updates on Haiti's Wyclef Jean.

The lawsuit claims secret software on millions of phones was "intercepting and collecting private information" from users.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's visit to Myanmar, also known as Burma, has again focused attention on what to call that nation. For some, it's a political issue.

The Barbershop guys discuss the child molestation allegations against Syracuse University's former assistant basketball coach. They also look at the new NBA season. Host Michel Martin hears from author Jimi Izrael, attorney Arsalan Iftikhar, columnist Ruben Navarrette and sports writer Kevin Blackistone. (Advisory: This segment contains language that may not be suitable for all audiences.)

Getting ready for its initial public offering later this month, Zynga set its share price at $8 to $10.

In her new book, The Heights: Anatomy of a Skyscraper, author Kate Ascher sheds light on the infrastructure and services that make life and work possible in a modern skyscraper. She examines everything that goes into designing, building and maintaining these towering buildings.

The country's first freely elected parliament is likely to be dominated by Islamist religious parties.

President Obama has signed a bill to reopen slaughterhouses for horses. While some animal welfare groups say the facilities are inhumane, others say the alternative is no better.

Doctors are running out of effective antibiotics, as bacteria evolve ways to evade one drug after another. Now DARPA has called for alternatives to conventional antibiotics. Nanotechnologist Chad Mirkin discusses one such weapon--tiny globs of DNA and RNA that can switch off the bugs' antibiotic resistance. Nanotechnologist Chad Mirkin discusses next-generation antibiotics that target a bacterium's DNA.